Saturday's local roundup: Ratliffe earns MVP honor in local basketball pro-am league, then leads team to title

Daily Press

Basketball:

Former Kecoughtan High and Missouri Tigers star post player Ricardo Ratliffe, who plays pro ball in Korea, was named the men’s MVP of the Hampton Roads 7 Cities Pro-Am League at Maury High in Norfolk.

After receiving the honor, he amassed 31 points and 20 rebounds to lead MME Realist Enterprise over BB&T 132-129 for the league championship.

For BB&T, Kellam High graduate Ralph Hegamin -- a former Division II standout at West Chester who has played pro ball overseas and hopes to do so again -- netted 42 points. Former VMI standout Austin Kenon scored 30, many from beyond the 3-point arc, and Old Dominion's Richard Ross had 19.

In the women’s championship game at Maury, Old Dominion players Galaisha Goodhope and Chelisa Painter scored 16 and 14, respectively, to help Talk Family beat Optima Health 67-64.

Goodhope sank two free throws with 5.9 seconds to go.

For Optima, Rachel Gordon of Norfolk State had 22 points and ODU's Shae Kelley had 16.

Running:

Newport News native Mercedes Castillo-D’Amico shattered the course record for women in her age group and was the top female finisher at the 25th annual Coast Guard Day 5K.